Resonant Coupling Parameter Estimation with Superconducting Qubits

Abstract

Today's quantum computers are comprised of tens of qubits interacting with each other and the environment in increasingly complex networks. In order to achieve the best possible performance when operating such systems, it is necessary to have accurate knowledge of all parameters in the quantum computer Hamiltonian. In this article, we demonstrate theoretically and experimentally a method to efficiently learn the parameters of resonant interactions for quantum computers consisting of frequency-tunable superconducting qubits. Such interactions include, for example, those to other qubits, resonators, two-level state defects, or other unwanted modes. Our method is based on a significantly improved swap spectroscopy calibration and consists of an offline data collection algorithm, followed by an online Bayesian learning algorithm. The purpose of the offline algorithm is to detect and roughly estimate resonant interactions from a state of zero knowledge. It produces a square-root reduction in the number of measurements. The online algorithm subsequently refines the estimate of the parameters to comparable accuracy as traditional swap spectroscopy calibration, but in constant time. We perform an experiment implementing our technique with a superconducting qubit. By combining both algorithms, we observe a reduction of the calibration time by one order of magnitude. We believe the method investigated will improve present medium-scale superconducting quantum computers and will also scale up to larger systems. Finally, the two algorithms presented here can be readily adopted by communities working on different physical implementations of quantum computing architectures.

16 pages, 8 figures, 1 supplementary gif video. Initial submission

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